Tag: birds

Tuesday (08-May-2018) — New Jersey

Springtime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Chipping Sparrow and Mourning Dove.

Chipping Sparrow at the Bird Feeder Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens. (David J Mathre)
Chipping Sparrow at the Bird Feeder Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens. (David J Mathre)


Monday (07-May-2018) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

A Blue Jay near the Copper Fountain, May Flies on a window, the Garden Tower with new (purchased) seedlings, and the fountain at night.



Garden Tower with Purchased Seedlings. Image taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 60 mm f/2.4 macro lens (DAVID J MATHRE)
Garden Tower with Purchased Seedlings. Image taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 60 mm f/2.4 macro lens (DAVID J MATHRE)
Copper Fountain at Night. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (David J Mathre)
Copper Fountain at Night. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (David J Mathre)

Friday (04-May-2018) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

A Chipping Sparrow at the bird feeder, wary deer, and attempts to capture water droplets in a fountain. During the night a raccoon raided the composting tube in the Garden Tower. I decided to mount a cactus on top of the Garden Tower. As you can see in the nighttime IR videos, it didn’t work.

Chipping Sparrow at the Bird Feeder. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR telephoto lens. (David J Mathre)
Chipping Sparrow at the Bird Feeder. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR telephoto lens. (David J Mathre)
Wary Pair of Deer. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR telephoto lens (David J Mathre)
Wary Pair of Deer. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR telephoto lens (David J Mathre)


Cactus on top of the Garden Tower. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR telephoto lens. (David J Mathre)
Cactus on top of the Garden Tower. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR telephoto lens. (David J Mathre)

Saturday (21-April-2018) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

Chipping Sparrow at a bird feeder. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 125, 600 mm, f/4, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Chipping Sparrow at a bird feeder. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 125, 600 mm, f/4, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Chipping Sparrow at a bird feeder. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 360, 600 mm, f/4, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Chipping Sparrow at a bird feeder. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 360, 600 mm, f/4, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)

Friday (20-April-2018) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

An American black crow, house finch, and a pair of northern cardinals. At one point I observed a male cardinal feeding a female. I’ve seen male cardinals feeding juvenile cardinals before. Is this springtime courtship behavior?

Male Northern Cardinal Feeding a Female. (Courtship Behavior???). Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 100, 600 mm, f/4, 1/800 sec) (David J Mathre)
Male Northern Cardinal Feeding a Female. (Courtship Behavior???). Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 100, 600 mm, f/4, 1/800 sec) (David J Mathre)





House Finch at a Bird Feeder. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 100, 600 mm, f/4, 1/400 sec) (David J Mathre)
House Finch at a Bird Feeder. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 100, 600 mm, f/4, 1/400 sec) (David J Mathre)